The Vehicle Remarketing Association
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8.2 million used cars change hands in 2016 – a 7.3% uplift on the previous year. Q4 demand surpasses 1.8 million – up 5.5% and the biggest final quarter on
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Diesel still has an important role to play for many fleets despite calls for a scrappage scheme designed to improve air quality by removing older vehicles, says Arval. The vehicle
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Aston Barclay fleet replacement cycles average 38 months/48,800 miles in Q4 16 The company car is a powerful recruitment and retention tool in the current business climate Fleets refrain from
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The G3 Group – the turnkey automotive brand – has strengthened its management team with the appointment of an operations director , taking its headcount to 65. Gary Monaghan takes
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epyx has launched a new vehicle allocation tool designed specially to meet the needs of motor manufacturers. Called Select, it provides a single means to manage owned-assets such as loan
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Aston Barclay secures an all-auction contract with John Banks Group Vehicles from Cambridgeshire and Suffolk dealerships to be remarketed at Chelmsford’s Monday evening and Wednesday morning sales New deal builds
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The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has appointed three new directors to its Board: Rupert Pontin (Glass’s), Tim Hudson (Cox Automotive/Manheim) and Philip Nothard (CAP HPI). They join seven other directors,
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Van fleets need to look carefully at the impact of Euro 6 emissions requirements on payloads before replacing older vehicles. Arval, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company, says
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Part-exchanges from the used car supermarket will continue to be remarketed at Chelmsford Solus deal with Saxton 4×4 also agreed following doubling of volumes in 2015-16 New volume also secured
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Middlesborough-based Minster Self Drive has signed a new deal to use the 1link Hire Network e-commerce platform. Started in York in 2005, the family-run company now has branches in Wakefield,
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Online sales values of ex-fleet stock beat physical auctions by an average of one per cent or £220 per vehicle in 2016, according to new figures compiled by epyx. The
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More than nine out of 10 customers (93%) have rated the service they receive from epyx as “excellent” or “good” in the company’s most comprehensive survey ever. Praise was also
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